The rumours are gathering apace: Porsche is to enter Formula 1 from 2021, after purchasing the Red Bull team and making engines fitting to the new formula set to be introduced that year.

No one is yet confirming or denying. But it makes a lot of sense. Red Bull might consider that its F1 programme of the last decade has achieved its marketing aims and that it no longer needs the vast expense of running an F1 team (or even two of them). It could continue as a sponsor to the works Porsche team and benefit from that association, but without anything like the same current spend.

The rumours have it that the team will continue to be run by Christian Horner from the same base as currently and hopefully still with the same Adrian Newey-led technical team. The team would simply change ownership and acquire proper works engine status from one of the world’s most prestigious automotive brands. Weissach and Milton Keynes would be connected in much the same way as Enstone and Viry currently are for Renault.

It would be a fantastic coup for F1 and Liberty to have Porsche on board as a full works F1 team for the first time since 1962 (although it provided the title-winning TAG-Porsches to McLaren 1984-87 as well as the less successful V12 to Arrows in 1991). It would also give Red Bull the potential to return to the title-winning pomp it enjoyed during the frozen spec naturally-aspirated era.

Mark Webber, an ex-Red Bull and Porsche driver and who has previously partnered Horner in junior team ownership, could be a link man between the two organisations. Both Brendon Hartley and Neel Jani have Red Bull connections, the former still a Red Bull athlete while the latter was Toro Rosso's third driver in 2006. Red Bull’s Helmut Marko also won Le Mans in a Porsche 917 in 1971.

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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 10:08 am Post subject:

That would be great! I've always wanted them to enter as I'm an F1 fan. Maybe they would keep Toro Rosso and buy Porsche engines? Or maybe buy advertising on the new Porsche car?_________________911 GT2RS Build
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 10:14 am Post subject:

Agreed that would be awesome... I think they said "It could continue as a sponsor to the works Porsche team and benefit from that association, but without anything like the same current spend."

2021 is a long way away though

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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:04 am Post subject:

Love F1 but with the govt of the world legislating no new fossil fueled cars over the next 20 years or so, It makes me wonder the relevance of this format whereas Formula E is more in line with future vehicles.
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:28 am Post subject:

I've followed F1 for decades and occasionally look back at some of the races from the 80's/90's, which to me were the best of times for F1, it was raw and edgy, the drivers openly either loved or hated each other and the atmosphere was electric at some of the races.
For me the sport started it's slide after the tragic death of Ayrton Senna & Roland Ratzenberger at Imola in 1994

Now it's just becoming more and more sterile, there are so few real characters in the sport that the only enjoyment I get is the warm up with DC and MW etc.
The one caveat to this was last year when Nico and Lewis were playing head games with each other, it said a lot though when Nico won the world title then quit, not that I find either of them particularly characterful but it spiced things up a bit.

Porsche have probably been eyeing up the publicity and sales boost that it's given Mercedes and thought we want some of that too and it will be a big uplift to the sport to have Porsche on board and racing against another German rival._________________997 Turbo Gen 2
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:41 pm Post subject:

Just heard on the radio that McLaren are splitting with Honda and taking Renault engines, Redbull are being cut by Renault and taking Honda engines

Interesting times

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